"Doug Wilson, finalist for both the Casey Award and Seymour Medal for his previous baseball biographies, uses his own extensive research and interviews with childhood friends and major league teammates to examine the life and career of a leader who followed a strict code and played with fierce determination,"--Amazon.com.

Focuses on the career of Carlton Fisk, catcher for the Boston Red Sox, who in 1972 was the first Rookie of the Year in the American League to be unanimously selected.